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Motor vehicle taxation brings in €440.4B for governments in major European markets

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New data shows that motor vehicles generate more than €440 billion in taxation per year for national governments in the major EU markets plus the UK, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) reports. This just goes to show the sheer scale of the importance of the automobile industry to Europe.

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Non-intrusive bio-monitoring system anticipates driver fatigue in the vehicle to prevent accidents

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With a short time-to-market scope, Project Harken will shortly have vehicles in the streets in order to run tests in real traffic scenarios. The Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia participates in this project together with the technological center Eesti Innovatsiooni Instituut (Estonia), and the University of Manchester. Background.

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